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--- server-administration:centos5-vnc-x11 [2010-08-25 12:45:23] – Approved garrett.plasky
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 The instructions below will walk you through the process of installing the X window system, GNOME desktop environment, and configuring VNC so that you can access it remotely.
-<code console>
+<sxh shell>yum -y upgrade
-# yum -y upgrade
+yum -y groupinstall "GNOME Desktop Environment"
-# yum -y groupinstall "GNOME Desktop Environment"
+yum -y install vnc-server</sxh>
-# yum -y install vnc-server
-</code>
 As a general rule of thumb you should never run X windows as root. In this example we will add a system user with the username 'wkst' and configure X windows to run under that user.
-<code console>
+<sxh shell>adduser wkst</sxh>
-# adduser wkst
-</code>
 Next you need to set a password for the user wkst:
-<code console>
+<sxh shell>passwd wkst</sxh>
-# passwd wkst
-</code>
 Next we will drop down to the system user 'wkst' using su and configure VNC. When running the vncserver binary you will again be asked to set a password.  This will be the password you use in your VNC client.
-<code console>
+<sxh shell>su wkst
-# su wkst
+vncserver</sxh>
-# vncserver
-</code>
 Next you need to edit /home/wkst/.vnc/xstartup and uncomment the following two lines:
-<code console>
+<sxh shell>unset SESSION_MANAGER
-unset SESSION_MANAGER
+exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc</sxh>
-exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
-</code>
 Next we want to restart VNC so the changes take affect
-<code console>
+<sxh shell>vncserver -kill :1
-# vncserver -kill :1
+vncserver</sxh>
-# vncserver
-</code>
 That's it, you can now connect to your server using the server IP address with a :1 (the display port) at the end of it using your VNC client.